I wrote this letter to my son after he and I visited a church a couple of years ago. I wanted him to understand certain opinions I hold. Now I share them with you. Dear Son, Here are some thoughts on the Affirmation of Faith at the website of the church we visited...

There is a sense in which everything important that I know, I know because of Lew and Judson: Because of my sons I know pain and joy I know the fellowship of suffering and the comradeship of advocacy I know to appreciate typical childhood development I know that...

In 2010 I was invited to present a program at “Sweet Spring Splendor,” a dessert fellowship planned by the Women’s Ministry Committee of First Baptist Church of College Station, Texas. Several years ago when I was a very new member of this church and this community I...

I’ll never forget the first day I knew Judson was going to be alright. Lew was sitting in his first child-sized wheelchair in the family room of our Campbellsville, Kentucky house. Suddenly Judson, who was just beginning to learn to walk, lumbered off toward the...

The Given Companion “How do you expect to get to the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man’s city?” Thomas Merton said. I imagine that he also asked: “And how will you build your home there if you reject the given companions who come to you with...

“I’m going to pray those fears away.” — Mabel Mastin When I was pregnant with my second son, I knew I wanted Mabel to be praying about his development and my labor and delivery. Lew’s disabilities were probably related to a lack of oxygen some time during...